Straight Talk about “The War”

(This post is written by guest columnist, Hannah Kelly, in response to an op-ed piece in the Charleston Post and Continue reading →

Lee Bright, Dim Wit

I’m no conservative, but then again the politics of very few Americans are as pure as our bi-polar parties might indicate.  So I have Continue reading →

The I-526 Shell Game

Is I-526 the school prayer of Charleston’s mayoral race? In other words, is it the meaningless distraction from the real Continue reading →

Simulating the Vote to Remove the Confederate Flag from South Carolina’s Capitol Grounds

By Jordan Ragusa Do opponents of the Confederate flag have the votes to remove it from South Carolina’s Capitol grounds? In Continue reading →

Disrespecting White Supremacists

Last week, a white supremacist gunned down nine black men and women in Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. The AME Continue reading →

In the moment: grief and change

Vigils and prayer services and walks across a beautiful bridge have not magically made us whole, but they are a Continue reading →

McConnell’s impossible centrism

[UPDATE AND COMMENT: I wrote this essay yesterday – from Europe – before Governor Nikki Haley’s press conference at which Continue reading →